School: Colehill (B.), Mullingar (roll number 14672)
- Location:
- Cnoc na Góla, Co. an Longfoirt
- Teacher: Peadar Ó Coigligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0750, Page 014
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- (continued from previous page)There were two lone bushes in our farm but my father told me they fell. Their names were "Burkes bush" and the "Laundry bush".
Thomas Murphy
- Local Place-names
Our farm is divided into six fields, namely, the well field, the bottoms, the little meadow, the big meadow, the high field, and the grove.
There are two rocks on it my father said they had no names.
(big white thorn)
There is one big white thorn bush on it called Barney's bush. It is situated on the brink of the Inny river and my father informed me that it got its name from a man who lost his life at the bush.
In the grove there is a large hill called Lorn hill which(continues on next page) - Collector
- John Dempsey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coill na Cora, Co. an Longfoirt
